The Pest
“What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000?...Next question.”
Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything to raise money and avoid severe injury or death, Vargas agrees to a very unusual job -- he will be transported to a remote island and hunted by Gustav Shank, a racist German executive. If he can survive a full day and night, Vargas gets $50,000 and will be set free. Is he wily enough to elude Shank?
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Cast
37 people
John Leguizamo
Pest
Known for
Ice Age
Encanto
Jeffrey Jones
Gustav
Known for
The Devil's Advocate
Beetlejuice
Edoardo Ballerini
Himmel
Known for
A Murder at the End of the World
Quarry
Freddy Rodríguez
Ninja
Known for
Six Feet Under
Planet Terror
Tammy Townsend
Xantha Kent
Known for
K.C. Undercover
Days of Our Lives
Aries Spears
Chubby
Known for
The Proud Family
Josie and the Pussycats
Joe Morton
Mr. Kent
Known for
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Speed
Charles Hallahan
Angus
Known for
The Thing
Dante's Peak
Tom McCleister
Leo
Known for
Million Dollar Baby
Twins
Ivonne Coll
Gladyz
Known for
Jane the Virgin
Switched at Birth
Pat Skipper
Glen Livitt
Known for
Demolition Man
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Jorge Luis Abreu
Piercer
Known for
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
Jury Duty
Paul Miller Director · David Bar Katz Screenplay John Leguizamo Story
Worldwide gross $3.6M · Budget $17M · United States release February 7, 1997
Box office
Budget
$17,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,600,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
The Bubble Factory
Production
TriStar Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · February 7, 1997
Theatrical
United States · February 7, 1997
Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 7, 1997 · Theatrical
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